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294 reviews for:

The Scarecrow

Michael Connelly

3.83 AVERAGE


Holey schmokes! What a thrill ride this one was. Highly excellent.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
medium-paced
challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This is a better book in the McEvoy series than The Poet, with a twisty plot, and credibily scary examination of how vulnerable online presence makes everyone to evildoers. One star off for not being as strongly written and engaging as Connelly's Haller and Bosch books, for a reliance on racist stereotypes for Black characters and their neighborhood, and for leaving the story about how Jack betrayed Rachel off stage in the period between this book and the next. Something as important as that to the overall character arc should occur on the page.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters: No

It was generally good but also just a little bit too flat. It didn’t have my heart racing and the ending was rather meh